Remote jobs less common each year: Statistics Canada [Video]

The proportion of Canadians working from home has been falling for the past three years, according to a new report.

Statistics Canada says 18.7 per cent of employees worked mostly from home in May 2024, which is the most recent month with available data. That’s down from a high of 24.3 per cent in May 2021.

The number has edged down each year since the pandemic, though significantly more people are still working remotely this year than in the past. The report compares current numbers to 2016, when only 7.1 per cent of workers were at home.

The share of people working remotely dropped this year in Quebec, Saskatchewan and Ontario, but went up in Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island.

Ontario still had the highest share of remote workers at 21.7 per cent, while Saskatchewan came in at the bottom with 10.1 per cent, the report says.

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